Winchester Evening Star Classified Rates and Contact Details
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S Publishin Co
Winchester
DeLisser-Boyd, Inc
New York
Richmond
Chicago
Pi Philadelphia
Rochester
Atlanta
Sanisco
Associated Press
Love Makes Heroic Sacrifices
A dated devotional notice from Friday March 14 1941 cites Ephesians 5 2 urging readers to walk in love as Christ did offering himself for others and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
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Christ
Unionism Reaches Critical Stage Amid War Mobilization
The United States faces rising labor unrest as production drives the defense program. President orders no profiteering and a surge in rearmament while strikes surge. Labor statistics show a 27 percent rise in January strikes vs December, with 220 total, 29 percent above the five year January average.
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United States
Congress
America
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stis
Bureau
Labor unrest drives nationwide strikes and union power fears
The piece outlines widespread walkouts in defense industries including Vultee California and Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee, with CIO AFL disputes over who bargains for workers. It notes Philadelphia and New Jersey contract delays, plus David Lawrence warning that unions may coordinate a broad strike.
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Vultee Aircraft
California
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Company
Mid-West
International Harvester Company
Allis-Chalmers
International Harvester
CIO
AFL
Philadelphia
J. B. Brill Company
New Jersey
David Lawrence
United States News
CIQ
Mr. Lawrence
Lawrence
Ford
General Motors
United States Steel Corporation
America
Public mood pushes for stricter labor union oversight
The article notes rising popular demand for strong government control over unions and leaders during wartime defense projects. It urges union heads to show restraint and cooperate with government and industry to protect the defense program, asserting the nation's rearmament cannot be slowed.
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America
Reprinted Editorials Weigh Blockade and Aid
The New York Times notes Mr Hoover asking Britain to allow food to pass the blockade for civilians in Nazi occupied lands. Britain replies with reluctance, citing wartime strain and shared aims. The piece argues alliance under mutual confidence through lease lend and joint efforts toward victory.
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The
New York Times
Hoover
Washington
Britain
Berlin
United States
OPM Consideres Virginia Idea to Spread Defense Work
The Danville Register reports that OPM may adopt the spread the work plan after a Shenandoah regional survey found about 200 idle machine tools in Augusta and Rockingham counties. Officials see potential to mobilize thousands of small firms and idle equipment to produce parts and boost defense output within two years.
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Danville Register
U. S
Leones
Virginia
Augusta
Rockingham
Shenandoah Regional Defense Council
John D. Biggers
OPM
Washington
Augusta-Rockingham
Mussolini and the gray days of war
The Kansas City Star notes Mussolini’s view that wartime setbacks echo the phrase gray days. It mocks his optimism by predicting a shift to blue skies, with the line It isn’t raining rain drops it’s raining violets to Mussolini and promises brighter times ahead.
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Kansas City
Mussolini
News of Other Years One Year Ago
Peace on Russian terms ends the FPinn-Russo war as the little nation had hoped for allied aid. William Rosenberger, 84, suffocates when the house where he wed alone near Lamps burns. January cold harms Georgia crop prospects.
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William Rosenberger
Georgia
Farmer's Institute opens with practical farming focus
Forty years ago the eighth annual Farmer's Institute begins with practical farming on the agenda. Acetylene lights debut in Stephens City at G F Mayers residence drawing widespread town turnout. Capt J B Beverley is re elected president of the Fairfax Club.
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Farmer's Institute
Stephens City
G. F. Mayers
J. B. Beverley
Fairfax Club
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
Reader queries cover draft disqualifications by teeth nine percent of draftees unfit for poor teeth. Jack Miner has banded over 50 000 ducks and 23 000 Canada geese since 1909. Vermont called freemen in constitution. President Tyler had seven children. Minnesota and Michigan rivals for Little Brown Jug. last score 20 to 6. US butter and lard production in 1940 about 2.294 billion and 2.3 billion pounds.
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Jack Miner
Canada
University of Minnesota
University of Michigan
Minnesota
Seven World Quiz Questions and Page 2 Answers
A quiz page asks seven questions about geography history and culture with an instruction to turn to page 2 for the answers. It covers Old Faithful, the Sooner State, Pago Pago and the Samoa islands, a composer of Parsifal, WWI rhetoric Too proud to fight, the earths equatorial and meridional circumferences, Divine Sarah, Witch of Endor, a US government department formerly the Bureau of Public Roads, and the proper country name Holland versus The Netherlands.
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Pago Pago
Sarah
King
Witch of
Endor
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Holland
Netherlands
Boyce High School Building Safety Statement Published
In 1941 Clarke County official notes after two inspections that Boyce High School is not safe yet could be made safe with specific work. He recommends periodic expert inspections and outlines cost and actions to finish the term safely. He declines responsibility for continuing without needed improvements.
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Ritter
the Star
Boyce High School
Richmond
Clarke County School Board
Clarke County
Boyce
Montaigne Revered by a Legendary Editor at Poodle Dog
Edwin C. Hill recalls Montaigne as a timeless force in French culture and honors the late editor Fremont Older. An all-night glimpse at Older’s passion unfolds at the Poodle Dog restaurant, where a battered Montaigne copy sparks a fervent, late-night discussion.
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Montaigne
France
Light
Marvin Lowenthal
Fremont Older
Camille
Older
Poudre d'Or
Older’s Vivid Life in San Francisco Graft Fights and Montaigne
The piece recalls Fremont Older a San Francisco editor famed for tireless energy and courage. An old friend describes Older as six feet two with a Bret Harte mustache and a clenched fist ready to defend the underdog. He fought graft cases and mobs in the city’s stormy pages, never slowing in his zeal.
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Mr. Older
Call- Bulletin
San Francisco
Lowenthal
Montaigne
Older
California
Fremont Older
Headache types and new histamine treatment claim
Dr. Clendening reviews acute, recurrent, and migraine like headaches. A Rochester, Minnesota doctor proposes histamine diphosphate as a treatment and notes diary evidence and possible classification developments. A dietary note, diet tips, and a Q and A on pigeon toe complete the piece.
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Bayard
Horton
Rochester
Minnesota
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Pamphlets For Collected Post
Editor notes seven pamphlets available from Dr Clendening including Infant Feeding Diabetes Feminine Hygiene The Care of the Hair and Skin. Requests 30 cents per pamphlet and a self addressed stamped envelope with a one cent stamp for postage.
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Clendening
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